Yeargin salvages club honor, wins Weasel Moot!

Only one Chicagoan cracked the top 10 at Weasel Moot IV, but he did so in convincing fashion. Peter Yeargin posted large board tops in the first and third rounds to win the Moot and become our new Alpha Weasel. He’s the third straight Weasel to win the Moot and also the first player to capture two best-country awards since Matt Sundstrom and Don Williams turned the trick in Moot I.

We had four boards in each of the three rounds and a total of 37 players at the tournament, which was played Sept. 24-25, with an awards ceremony on the 26th. The numbers included 13 travelers, an all-time high for us. Seven of the travelers were playing at the Moot for the first time.

Here are the final standings:

Rank    Player    Round 1    Round 2    Round 3    Score
1    Peter Yeargin    200    82    171    371
2    Dirk Knemeyer    147    85    188    335
3    Adam Silverman    105    120    171    291
4    Dave Maletsky    135    156    82    291
5    Mike French    145    72    115    260
6    Chris Glassburn    85    52    140    225
7    Roland Cooke    145    62    72    217
8    Jonathan Hill    85    85    125    210
9    Robert Rousse    120    82    DNP    202
10    Alex Amann    110    90    DNP    200
11    Christian Pedone    7    188    DNP    195
11    Christian Kline    95    92    100    195
13    Christian MacDonald    85    105    DNP    190
14    Kevin O`Kelly    11    5    156    167
15    Conrad Woodring    4    150    4    154
16    Eric Brown    6    147    3    153
17    Amanda Baumgartner    8    6    115    123
18    Nick Rohn    11    7    105    116
19    Matt Sundstrom    8    62    52    114
20    Andy Bartalone    105    6    5    111
21    Samuel Bassett    85    DNP    DNP    85
22    Grant Smith    DNP    62    6    68
23    Josh Kanto    DNP    DNP    62    62
24    Peter Lokken    10    DNP    25    35
25    Nathan Cockerill    25    DNP    7    32
26    Ted McClelland    DNP    5    25    30
27    Aash Anand    8    5    7    15
27    John Gramila    DNP    6    9    15
29    Don Glass    4    7    6    13
30    Christina Mandarino    12    DNP    DNP    12
31    Todd Woodman    6    DNP    4    10
31    Tony Prokes    DNP    10    DNP    10
31    Christopher M. Davis    DNP    DNP    10    10
34    Tim Yanok    5    4    DNP    9
34    Dan Burgess    DNP    DNP    9    9
36    Mike Morrison    DNP    7    DNP    7
37    Pete McNamara    DNP    DNP    6    6

Check out the tournament summary here.

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This Post Has 10 Comments

  1. Aashirwad Viswanathan Anand

    Who won the country awards?

  2. Jim O'Kelley

    Aash:
    All is revealed in the tournament summary. Follow the link.

  3. Dan Burgess

    Some things I learned this tournament:
    * Funny hat rounds are pretty funny
    * Having a team round is interesting
    * Amanda Baumgartner is completely capable of planning and executing a well-timed stab
    * Running a Diplomacy tournament is a lot of work, but is totally worth it
    *Having a bar open until 2am directly across from the tournament room is a two-sided coin
    * People who travel to Diplomacy tournaments are awesome. I am going to make an effort to travel in 2011. Though that won’t make me awesome.

  4. Jim O'Kelley

    [quote]People who travel to Diplomacy tournaments are awesome. I am going to make an effort to travel in 2011. Though that won’t make me awesome.[/quote]
    Talk about flawed logic…

  5. Peter Yeargin

    which part of the logic is flawed? The travelers being awesome, or traveling making you awesome? or both? šŸ™‚

  6. Jim O'Kelley

    Syllogism:

    [b]Aristotle:[/b] All travelers are awesome. Socrates is a traveler; therefore, Socrates is awesome.

    [b]Dan:[/b] All travelers are awesome. Socrates is a traveler; however, Socrates is not awesome.

  7. John G

    Dan clearly meant to say “People who travel to Diplomacy tournaments effortlessly are awesome.”

  8. Dan Burgess

    I have yet to see any logic applied over a Diplomacy board with any of you people. Why should we start using logic now?

  9. Andy Bartalone

    As long as you update your board-planning software I will be back and kicking your collective ass….

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